Pan's Labyrinth

I saw Pan's Labyrinth yesterday.

Phew... what can I say? It was good. I would even venture to say it was REALLy good. But it is VERY dark. And disturbing. And there is an incredible amount of violence in it... surprising, awful, shocking violence.

I'm doing my best not to write any spoilers. I think it should be experienced without being tainted by preknowledge. I will give a couple of general impressions though.

It moves a bit slower than I was anticipating. At least at the beginning.

There's less "fantasy" than I was anticipating-- its more like bits of the fantastic encroach on the real world instead. And the fantasy is uglier than I was anticipating too.

I cried in a couple places. And involuntarily exclaimed some things in other areas (mostly things like OH!) One scene literally left me with tears streaming down my face.

The film is sticking with me for longer than I was anticipating too. I find myself remembering scenes and thinking about it quite a bit. And I think that's the sign of a good film.

So go see it, so we can talk about it.